Everything's starting to move forward as Mercury and Venus go direct, and our reviewing and revising are almost over
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Happy 11:11 portal day! The wait, review and revisions have almost come to completion. Since October, the two planets we feel the most in our everyday lives have been in retrograde, asking us to review almost everything. On Friday, they both go direct on the same day, and Sunday night, Mars and Jupiter meet in Leo. That's our green light. So take 10 minutes to look at what's been opening up around you and what you can move forward on this week.
This Week's Sky
Right now
Five planets are retrograde this week, but Mercury and Venus go direct on Friday.
Still retrograde
Saturn, Neptune and Uranus are still retrograde, and we have another month of these three (Saturn goes direct Dec 10 and Neptune Dec 12, with Uranus not going direct until February 8) to review the bigger themes in our society. Saturn has us reviewing leadership and the structures we've built, Neptune the collective and the dreams we share, and Uranus our freedom and how we talk, share information and make change. With Democrats sweeping the House and Senate, it makes sense that we're reviewing how we do things.
Mon, Nov 9 12:02am MT
This week began with Monday's New Moon in Scorpio, and this New Moon's beginning is about power and what we're ready to transform. So this is your week to look at your own life, your power and what you're ready to move forward on, and see what you're stepping into newly.
Wed, Nov 11 1:29pm MT
Today is the 11:11 portal, with Jupiter lining up exactly across from the North Node, which points us where we're headed. The pull between what we've already mastered and what's next should begin to get real loud, so follow your intuition, your heart and your path.
Fri, Nov 13 8:53am MT
Mercury turns direct in Scorpio after three weeks of retrograde. Conversations, plans, contracts, texts and tech that were stalling begin to move again, but give it a day or two to pick up some more speed.
Fri, Nov 13 5:27pm MT
Venus moves direct in Libra after six weeks of retrograde, so love, money and what we value are done being reviewed, and the relationships and agreements you've been rebalancing can now move forward.
Sun, Nov 15 11:23pm MT
Mars meets Jupiter in Leo. Courage meets growth in the sign of the heart and of being seen, so this week's green light is all about becoming more visible, saying yes and taking the first step on your plans.
Germany Is Set to Elect Its First Woman President
Germany has had twelve presidents, and every one has been a man. On Monday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz nominated Ilse Aigner, the president of Bavaria's state parliament, to be the next one. She's a conservative from his side, a member of the CSU, the Bavarian sister party of his Christian Democrats. Merz's conservatives and their partners in the governing coalition, the Social Democrats, back her, and the Greens' leadership is asking its members to back her too, so she's very likely to be elected when the Federal Convention votes on Saturday, January 30, 2027.
Standing next to Merz on Monday, she said she wants to bring a divided country back together and reach the people who feel left on the sidelines… “I don’t want to stand above the citizens, I’m one of them.”
Here in the United States, we just watched woman after woman step into seats no woman had held before… and the wave keeps moving around the world.
Be sure to care for your nervous system this week, and don't hold on to any energy that's not actually yours or that isn't going to serve you.
Catherine Breed Swam the Entire California Coast… 900 Miles in 111 Days
Catherine Breed, 33, from Marin County, started at the Oregon border in July and swam south, day after day, through storms, big waves and sharks, with her crew and two boats beside her. On Monday, October 19, she walked out of the water at Coronado, near the Mexico border, 111 days and nearly 900 miles later.
Did she break any records? Yes… she's the first person on record to swim the entire California coast, and she believes she's the first to even try it. It isn't her first record, either. The former Cal swimmer holds nine open water records, and in 2022 she became the first person to swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to Half Moon Bay.
What had her do it? She grew up on this coastline and loves the ocean. She swam to raise money and awareness for Sea Dreamers, the nonprofit she founded to help people, women especially, get out on the ocean and take care of it, and to show women and girls they can go after the unlikely, even the impossible.
How did she keep going for 111 days? In her words, "When I get in the ocean, it's a full surrender."
I’ve made my three calls! Depending on your state, yours may be one, two or three. Simply call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, one call to each of your Democratic senators, and one to your representative. If you don't know who they are, you can give the operator your zip code. Every state has two senators, and each one gets their own vote, so if both of yours are Democrats, leave the message with both. If you don't know what to say, here's an easy script.
To your senator:“Hi, my name is [your name], and I’m a voter in [your zip code]. I would like Senator [their name] to not support Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader, or Cory Booker for Senate leadership. Instead, I would like them to support Senator Chris Van Hollen for Majority Leader, and I’m hoping that somebody new steps forward for Senate leadership. Thank you.”
To your representative:“Hi, my name is [your name], and I’m a voter in [your zip code]. I would like Representative [their name] to not support Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker, and instead ask a new leader to step forward and run. Thank you!”
If you get voicemail:Leave the same message, slowly, with your name and zip code, and you're done.
Given all the retrogrades, and Mercury and Venus both retrograding in my 7th house of partnerships and relationships, I just had a big aha. It came to me that my relationships with my dad, my brother and my ex-husband have always been filled with some kind of fight. So it seemed natural that when I interacted with men, I would kind of brace myself for resistance… the abrasion, the rebuttal… and I thought that's just how it had to be, or that's how men were.
But I have two amazing men in my flagship year-long program who are showing me that not only have I changed my energy, but that men are here to change with us. They're actively doing the work, they want the change, and they're surrendering to my guidance, conversation by conversation.
It's a new experience for me, but I'm always here for the change, for our next evolution, and I allowed myself to unravel one more layer deep within myself. So while some people don't like retrogrades, I find it illuminating, fulfilling and somewhat inspiring that I still have deeper layers to get to.
I'm curious… what's been shifting for you as the divine masculine and feminine rise together to guide us in our next evolution?
Photos: Ilse Aigner by Michael Lucan (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE), cropped, backdrop lettering removed; Catherine Breed by JD Lasica (CC BY 2.0), cropped; the American flag, U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Kimball (public domain), cropped.
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